Americium-241 is used in smoke detectors. It has a first order rate constant for radioactive decay of
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(a) What are the half-lives of these two isotopes?
(b) Which one decays at a faster rate?
(c) How much of a 1.00-mg sample of each isotope remains after 3 half-lives?
(d) How much of a 1.00-mg sample of each isotope remains after 4 days?
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